Endangered Species Grants

Biologists are monitoring survival of juvenile Higgins eye pearlymussels that were captively propagated and then released in zebra mussel-free areas of large rivers. Section 6 grants helped fund the reintroduction projects.

Grant Program

Section 6 of the Endangered Species Act authorizes grants to States through the Cooperative Endangered
Species Conservation Fund. These funds may, in turn, be awarded to private landowners and groups for conservation projects. The following four types of grants are available through this Fund:

Private
Stewardship Grants

From 2002 through 2008 these grants provided assistance directly to landowners for land management that benefited
species and their habitats. Congress did not provide funding for this program after 2008.